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appearance. In some of them one or two spots of extravasated 
blood were to be seen, due to rupture of small vessels. 
Specimens of the tumors sent to the Pathological Department 
of the Harvard Medical School were pronounced by Dr. Sears to 
be molluscoid fibromata. 
The growth has been very rapid, as it was not noticed until 
the animal was brought up from pasture last fall, and then looked 
like only a few small warts. A number of small warty growths 
had begun to appear on the under surface of the tail, on the near 
shoulder, and in places on both sides of the neck. 
As I did not deem it worth while to try treatment, the ani¬ 
mal was destroyed, Mr. H. kindly having some photographs 
taken, of which he sent me a number, one of which it gives me 
pleasure to present to this Association. 
VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
AN ACT to .Regulate the Practice of Veterinary Medicine 
and Surgery in the State of California. 
The People of the State of California , represented in Senate and 
Assembly , do enact as follows : 
Section 1 . That the California State Veterinary Medical As¬ 
sociation, a duly incorporated organization, be and is hereby rec¬ 
ognized as authority in all questions relating to veterinary science 
in this State. 
§ 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to practice 
veterinary medicine and surgery in this State, without having 
previously obtained a diploma from a college duly authorized to 
graduate students in veterinary medicine and surgery, or is a 
member in good standing of the California State Veterinary Med¬ 
ical Association sixty days after the passage of this act, or who 
has passed a satisfactory examination before the Board of Exami¬ 
ners, as is hereinafter provided. 
§ 3. This Board of Examiners, to be known as the State 
Veterinary Board, consisting of five duly qualified practitioners 
in veterinary medicine and surgery, is hereby created, whose duty 
